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    lesbian
    /ˈlɛzbɪən/

    noun

    • 1. a gay woman.

    adjective

    • 1. relating to gay women or to homosexuality in women: "a lesbian relationship"

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LesbianLesbian - Wikipedia

    A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. [3] [4] [5] The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexuality or same-sex attraction.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › lesbianLesbian Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of LESBIAN is of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to other women or between women. How to use lesbian in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLESBIAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. uk / ˈlez.bi.ən / us / ˈlez.bi.ən /. belonging or relating to women who are sexually or romantically attracted to other women and not to people of other genders: lesbian couple They made history by becoming the first lesbian couple to be married in San Francisco.

  5. www.vanderbilt.edu › lgbtqi › resourcesLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, & Intersex Life

    • LESBIAN: Usually refers to a woman who has a romantic and/or sexual orientation toward women. Some nonbinary people also identify with this term.
    • GAY: Used in some cultural settings to represent men who are attracted to men in a romantic, erotic and/or emotional sense. Not all men who engage in same-gender sexual behavior identify as gay, and as such this label should be used with caution.
    • BISEXUAL or BI: A person who experiences sexual, romantic, physical, and/or spiritual attraction to more than one gender, not necessarily at the same time, in the same way, or to the same degree.
    • TRANSGENDER: A person whose sense of personal identity or gender does not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth, or does not conform to gender stereotypes.

  6. gaycenter.org › community › lgbtqDefining LGBTQ+ - The Center - The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &...

    LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and more. These terms are used to describe a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › lesbianLESBIAN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Lesbian definition: a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women; a gay woman.. See examples of LESBIAN used in a sentence.

  8. www.webmd.com › sex › what-it-means-be-lesbianLesbian: What Does It Mean? - WebMD

    Mar 20, 2024 · A lesbian usually refers to a woman who is physically and romantically attracted to other women. But you can also identify as a lesbian if you're nonbinary – someone whose...